Ugol'Nyi Ruchei Placer

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Palladium, Platinum, Iron, Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039076
MRDS ID M046611
Record type Site
Current site name Ugol'Nyi Ruchei Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 87.98368, 69.33114 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSOCIATED WITH NORIL'SK I COMPLEX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ; RUSSIAN SFSR, KRASNOYARSKII KRAI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Palladium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYSTALS UP TO 5 MM IN DIAMETER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Analytical data

Result "RAW PLATINUM" FROM SANDS,WT. %: PT=57.9-74.2, PD=2-12.9, FE=12.9-28.1, CU=1.2-9.9, NI=NT.FD.-8.9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) 87.98368, 69.33114

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Noril'Sk District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENKIN, A. D., 1968, MINERALS OF THE PLATINUM METALS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS.... (IN TRANSLATION)

  • Deposit

    SMIRNOV,V.I.,ED.,1974,ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL.3,IZDATELSTVO NEDRA,MOSCOW.PP.114-115.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.